Saturated hydrocarbons
What Saturated hydrocarbons means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Molecules in which every carbon is joined by single bonds only, so the molecule is saturated.
Hydrocarbons whose molecules contain only single covalent bonds between carbon atoms.
Topics that use Saturated hydrocarbons
- Crude oil, hydrocarbons and alkanes (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Crude oil
- Finite resource
- Formation over millions of years
- Fractional distillation
- General formula CnH2n+2
- Homologous series
- Non-renewable resource
- Ancient biomass
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